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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11609
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14870
13 Actual Demand 11293
14 Aggregate Planning 12339
15 Air Cargo 10238
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6748
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35001
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15417
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19429
20 Assembly Line 22775
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23128
22 Average Speed of Answer 26660
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23343
24 Batch Production 38694
25 Bill Discounting 14690
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11370
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7246
28 Blanket Release 10136
29 Bonded Warehouse 10165
30 Booking Number 13987
31 Bottleneck 9673
32 Buffer Stock 59601
33 Build to Stock 13124
34 Bullwhip Effect 9815
35 Business Logistics 25992
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12681
37 Capacity Management 41015
38 Capacity Utilization 14256
39 Capital Intensive 8556
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8903
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12259
42 Certified Supplier 9047
43 Channel Effectiveness 9030
44 Co-Destiny 9409
45 Co-managed Inventory 12690
46 Co-Packers 11884
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6986
48 Computer-Based Training 7780
49 Consular Invoice 19974
50 Container Depot 10701
51 Container Freight Station 10356
52 Continuous Replenishment 19687
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12189
54 Contract Carrier 7380
55 Contract of Affreightment 11521
56 Control Charts 8046
57 Cost Flow 10385
58 Courier Service 15383
59 CPFR 8318
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44450
62 Date Code 18478
63 Days of Supply 19984
64 Dead on Arrival 9467
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7402
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8230
67 Detective Control 9018
68 Devanning 14325
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11084
70 Dispatching 24753
71 Distributed Inventory 8454
72 Distribution Channel Management 35080
73 Distribution Metrics 9284
74 Distribution Planning 24352
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15388
76 Double Marginalization 52970
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22533
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20738
80 Echelon Inventory 26375
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38408
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50088
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7717
84 Efficient Frontier 25682
85 Engineer-to-Order 31938
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16742
87 Erlang B Formula 9449
88 ETD 8422
89 Ex Works 7916
90 Exception Rate 13645
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10199
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9628
94 Field Services 7811
95 Field Warehouse 10892
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8937
97 Fishbone Diagram 14732
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27278
99 Flow Through Distribution 12444
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8299
101 FOB Destination 13178
102 Forward buying 30374
103 Freight Charge 10505
104 Freight Consolidation 7611
105 Gantt Chart 8365
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11872
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29736
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12803
109 Hub 23591
110 Idle Time 8159
 
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